Automobile baggage-holder.



s. HARA; Auomonff BAGGAGE Homin.

` APPLlCATlON FILED MAY 8.1-917. v4 1,246,591. Patented Nov. 13, 1917.

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AUTOMDBIIJE. BAGGAGE-HOLDEB.

Speoicatlon o! Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 13, 191'1'.v

Application led lay 8, 1917. Serial No. 187.857.

To aZZ whom tmay concern.'

13e it known that I, Smauno Hum, a citizen of the Empire of Japan, and a resident of Muzquiz, inthe State of Coahuila, Mexico, 'have invented a new and Im roved Automobile Baggage-Holder, of which 'the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvention hasfor its object to provide an automobile baggage holder consisting of a frame adapted to be disposed vertically of the foot-board between t e front. and rear fenders, means being provided for supporting the frame either at the outer side of the A. disclosed.

foot-board, forming with the :fenders and the shield a receptacle, or out of the way at the inner side of the foot-board.

i Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following specification, in w ich the preferred form of the invention is 'In the drawings, similar reference char l* actersdenote similar'parts in all the views, in which Figure l is a perspective view showing the side of an 'automobile provided with my 'baggage' holder 5 1 2 is u. view similar to that illustrated in Fig. -1 but with the 'frame secured close against the automobile shield; v

Fi ..3 is a transverse sectional view of a Vshel and a foot-board provided with my -fender 9, and that two platesl are disposed transversely of the foot-board 7 and -ure secured thereto b means of screws '11.

edy to the central portion of euch of ,these plates 10, these clam s 12 A clamp 12 is pivot being adapted to be disposed outwar y or inwardly, to 'p the bottom 13 of a frame 14 `either at t e outer side of the foot-board A ssiillustratedlin Fig. l, or at the inner side in theplateslO.'A

of the footfboard as illustrated inJ-Fig. l2 of the drawngs.- The clamps 12 are secured in adjusted position by means of screws 15 which are dis osed through orllices in the clamps 12 an mesh in threaded onlices 16 transversal When the frame 11 is disposed at the outer side of the foot-board 7, the top o'f tliesfrnme 1s held spaced from the 'shielrl6-b of rods 1 'which are articulated to brackets 1S, which 1n turn are secured to the shield 6 b means of bolts 19 and nuts` 20, thebolts 19 cmg disposed through orifices 21 in the shield. The rods 17 are articulated to the brackets 1 8 b means of studs 22 which are held 1n place 'y cotter pins 23, it being osslble to remove these 'Cotter pins, after which the studs 22 inn be raised to permit the re rnova-l of the ro 17 The outer ends of the rods 1T have hooks24, which are normally d osed around the to of the frame 14, stu 25 being dispose' in orifices in the rodsl' and in the hooks 24, the saidfstuds 2o being lheld in place by means of cotter pms 26v dlsposed below the-hooks 21. When the frame 14 is secured close tothe Shield 6, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of thc drawings, the

rods 1*( are prefernblT removed, 'and are4 yplaced m the autcmobi e tool box.

The frame 14 is preferably an pen one, filled in with wire mesh 14.

Hitsingthus described my invention, I

-claim as new mdvdesire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In an automobile baggage holder, a rame,`two plates adapted to be Idisposed transversely of the foot-board and be'seeach plate and adapted togrip the bottom- 4cured thereto, and two clamps one mounted of the frame in any onel of a. plurality of po-V I sitions relatively to the plates,. and rods adn` ted to be secured tothefautomobile shie d andto the upper portion of the4 trame;

3. In an automo frame, two `plates adapte to be disposed of thefootboard and be -seile be gage holder, 'a'

cured thereto, two clamps one pivoted -ad jacent the center of each late and adapted to grip the bottom of the rame at the outer or at the Iinner ends of the plates, and means to secure the clam sin'gdjlusted positions. Y H1BA- ARO HARA. 

